Right. I used Bluetooth on my phone to play a song. Next thing I knew....all the phone numbers of my contacts were on the cars computer screen. If that info gets to be picked up by some sensor... it is now not private. Plus if someone steals your car, they can get a whole list of your friends and phone number...
But it’s all so convenient. Now you can tell your car to tell your phone to call your wife, all hands free using the car’s audio system. Nobody bothers to think about the other side of it. Pre-pandemic there was a big stink because people realized rental cars get “paired” with lots of phones and actually can “share it”. Because in family cars that’s a good thing (sort of) and car makers don’t 2 versions. But of course they all acted like it was the rental companies’ fault. Like they told everybody to pair their phones.
#15 If you rent a car the information is left in the vehicle if you connect to your phone. You probably would know it did or if so then forget to erase the contacts and who knows what else.